#1Famous people · Pottsville
Business people stand out among the 57 famous people born in Pottsville
Gary S. Becker, the American economist, is the most widely known, written about in 67 languages. The American journalist and writer John O'Hara ranks second, ahead of Matt Wachter. Between 1920 and 1969, 29 were born, the most of any period. Over 152 years of births, the list goes from Charles N. Brumm (1838) to Kacie McDonnell (1990).
Born here
57
notable people
Best known
Gary S. Becker
in 67 Wikipedia languages
First
1838
Charles N. Brumm
Youngest
1990
Kacie McDonnell
Most common field
Sports
16 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Pottsville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Pottsville is known for
Compared with the usual town, ministers and preachers are the most over-represented field, at 3.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Pottsville
Ranked by languages covered: Gary S. Becker with 67, then John O'Hara with 33 and Matt Wachter with 16.
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Through the years
When Pottsville’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 10.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableWriting & ArtsMilitaryBusinessFaithScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Pottsville
54 more, 16 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Pottsville home
Born elsewhere, George Joulwan lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Palo Alto has the most on record: one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pottsville and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (13)
- Gary S. Becker: MAR, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John O'Hara: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald William Gainer: Steubenville Conferences, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. Jones III: United States federal government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Brennan: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Muffet McGraw: Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Emmett Lee: "West Schuylkill Press" (Tremont, Pennsylvania)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Jaffe: Photographer not credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles N. Brumm: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur C. Neville: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph E. Brock: Photographer not identified in source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Huntzinger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Joulwan: Russell Roederer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons